# Genealogy Records

Source: https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/
Last updated: 2026-10-13
Summary: Go beyond birth certificates in your Polish family research. Explore census, residence, passport, court and property records to choose your next source.
Publisher: The Polish Genealogist (professional Polish genealogy research, polishgenealogist.co.uk)

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## Polish genealogy records.  
 More ways into a family story.

Discover the sources that reveal where your ancestors lived, worked, travelled and held property. Choose the question closest to your research.

Start with the essentials

### Looking for a birth, marriage or death?

Civil and parish registers are often the best place to establish a family connection.

[Explore birth, marriage and death records](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/vital-records/)

01 / People & places

### Locate a person, household or parish.

Find a name in its local setting, then connect it with an address or community.

- [An introduction to Polish archival sources](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/choosing-sources-for-your-family-search/)

- [Polish Population and Residence Registers](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/tracing-households-and-addresses/)

- [How to Find Polish Census Records - Years 1921, 1931 and Earlier](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/polish-census-records/)

- [Parish Census Records (Polish Status Animarum)](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/parish-census-status-animarum/)

02 / Journeys & displacement

### Follow a life across borders.

Explore the documents left by travel, migration and wartime displacement.

- [Pre-War Polish Passport and ID Applications](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/pre-war-polish-passport-and-id-applications/)

- [Polish Passenger Lists](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/polish-passenger-lists/)

- [Border Crossing Permits from Poland](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/border-crossing-permits/)

- [Displaced Persons (DP) Records](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/displaced-persons/)

- [Red Cross messages and wartime tracing letters](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/red-cross-messages-tracing-letters-1940s/)

03 / Education & working life

### Discover the details of everyday life.

Look beyond family events to schools, professions and public service.

- [Polish School Certificates and Records](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/school-certificates/)

- [University Student Files in Poland](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/university-student-files/)

- [Guild and Trade Records from Poland](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/guild-trade-records/)

- [Civil Service Personnel Files](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/civil-service-files/)

- [Polish Police and Law Enforcement Records](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/police-records/)

04 / Property & family connections

### Trace inheritance, land and relationships.

Use legal and property records to place family members in a wider context.

- [Notarial Records in Poland](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/notarial-records-in-poland/)

- [Polish Land and Mortgage Registers](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/land-mortgage-registers/)

- [Wills and Testaments of Polish Ancestors](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/polish-wills-testaments/)

- [Court Records and Litigation](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/court-records/)

- [Polish Nobility Records (Legitymacja Szlachectwa)](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/records/nobility-legitimation-records/)

- [Polish State Archives](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/vital-records/finding-family-records-in-state-archives/)

A useful next step

### Not sure which source to try?

Tell us what you know about your relative and the question you want to answer. We can help identify a practical research route.

[Discuss your research](https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk/contact/)

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